Four years after then-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody began a legal battle with the Biden administration about immigration enforcement, state and federal officials say the fight is over.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's office and the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed a joint motion to dismiss an appeal filed by the federal government in 2023 after a district judge sided with the state.

The joint motion cited changes in immigration policies after President Donald Trump replaced former President Joe Biden in January.

"President Trump has since taken office and directed the Department of Homeland Security to reexamine certain immigration policies from the previous administration," the motion filed at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.

The motion came

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